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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1693487" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>We are also running 2/3 to 3/4 normal hay yield. But the second cutting that we normally make, especially the orchard grass fields, is looking real sad. No rain to speak of through this area, had a little that just disappeared with temps back in the 90's.... that is our main sq bale hay for the customers that we have had for years. Hoping that this week will bring some and it won't split and go around us again like the last couple times. I went to the stockyards Friday to just see and they had over 1,000 head which was more than normal for this time of year. A lot of young cows that they pulled calves off in the cull pen, that were THIN, weighing 850-900, and brought $.40-.45 a lb. Don't know if they had been exposed.. but for $400/hd you could get experienced young cows, put 2-300 lbs on them, get them bred and sell as breds in the spring.... if you had pasture or hay... I expect we will see more of that because the talk was just how dry and burnt up the pastures were and how everyone seems to have 1/2 the hay made....</p><p>We are down a bit in cow numbers and that is good. Got several fields yet to rotate to at different pastures, but it is dry dry grass... </p><p>Preg checking a group Wed that should have been calving... any opens will go, they are in good shape as all calves are weaned and they have been dry a couple months...Sold calves earlier when prices were up...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1693487, member: 25884"] We are also running 2/3 to 3/4 normal hay yield. But the second cutting that we normally make, especially the orchard grass fields, is looking real sad. No rain to speak of through this area, had a little that just disappeared with temps back in the 90's.... that is our main sq bale hay for the customers that we have had for years. Hoping that this week will bring some and it won't split and go around us again like the last couple times. I went to the stockyards Friday to just see and they had over 1,000 head which was more than normal for this time of year. A lot of young cows that they pulled calves off in the cull pen, that were THIN, weighing 850-900, and brought $.40-.45 a lb. Don't know if they had been exposed.. but for $400/hd you could get experienced young cows, put 2-300 lbs on them, get them bred and sell as breds in the spring.... if you had pasture or hay... I expect we will see more of that because the talk was just how dry and burnt up the pastures were and how everyone seems to have 1/2 the hay made.... We are down a bit in cow numbers and that is good. Got several fields yet to rotate to at different pastures, but it is dry dry grass... Preg checking a group Wed that should have been calving... any opens will go, they are in good shape as all calves are weaned and they have been dry a couple months...Sold calves earlier when prices were up... [/QUOTE]
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